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City of Englewood, Colorado / Flow It Forward / 22 Jul 2020
City of Englewood, Colorado / Flow It Forward / 22 Jul 2020
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It’s a part of our everyday lives but we don’t give much thought to one of Englewood’s most important resources: water. The City of Englewood has launched a campaign to highlight the existing community commitment to accessing clean, safe water. In order for Englewood to maintain its reputation as a superior provider, forward-thinking investments are being taken to ensure sustainability while we also move into the future.

Learn more at: www.englewoodco.gov/flowitforward

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Hello englewood, you may have heard a quirky little phrase. That's being talked about all over town flow it forward. So were you curious? Let me explain: it forward. Is englewood's plan to replace outdated water systems and properly maintain them in the future. This will keep our systems running properly, to serve our community and keep our residents safe.

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Much of our infrastructure is more than 70 years old. This is well beyond their recommended lifespan and they are in urgent need of repairs, outdated storm water system pipes are undersized and nearly 65 years old. Upgrading these pipes to a larger size in some cases to an eight foot by ten foot diameter will help prevent flooding and sink holes by more effectively carrying water.

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Englewood has more than 300 miles of water, sewer or storm water pipes, and many of these must be repaired or replaced over the next 15 years, and both treatment plants require significant upgrades.

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While our water is clean, older pipes from the source to your home can cause discoloration and a funny taste. Replacing these lines will greatly improve drinking water quality, who doesn't want better tasting water, you're- probably asking yourself: what's this going to cost all told we're looking at 263 million dollars to complete all repairs? Of course this would happen over multiple years.

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This would include 35 million dollars for storm drainage over the next five years, 168 million dollars for drinking water repairs over the next 15 years and 60 million dollars for sewer repairs over the next 15 years.

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It sounds like a lot of money and it is but by selling long-term bonds, englewood water and sewer customers can afford these investments and still have some of the lowest water in sewer bills in the state. Let's take a look at a rate comparison for 6, 000, gallons of water and wastewater with our neighbors, as you can see at 46.86 we're well behind the 85 monthly average, our neighboring communities pay.

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So just like recent investments for stormwater improvements together, we can make these investments in our water and wastewater systems, with rate increases that still keep us below what neighboring communities pay. Thank you, englewood for flowing it forward for this generation and those to come.

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